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Vizio Finally Ready to Ship M-Series Smart TVs

Since the 4K resolution standard won't become a rave for a while yet, regardless of what display makers would have the world believe, moving forward with HDTV releases is the logical step. That is why Vizio has finally announced the arrival of its M-Series Smart Television Sets. Their existence was exposed mon...

29 May 2013
03:27 GMT

VIZIO Has Three New All-in-One PCs Too

While releasing the Four Thin + Light Windows 8 laptops, VIZIO has also made the official introduction of two 24-inch and one 27-inch Touch All-in-One computer. The two 24-inch models use hardware configurations centered around an AMD A10 APU or Intel Core i7 CPU. They are priced at $1,280 / 1,280 Euro and $1,440 / ...

29 March 2013
09:43 GMT

VIZIO Introduces Four Thin and Light Windows 8 Laptops

VIZIO has just made the official introduction of four new laptops, two in 14-inch form factor and two measuring 15.6 inches in diagonal. They are marketed under the Touch Thin + Light brand, thanks to their touchscreens and very thin form factors. They are essentially Ultrabooks really. The 14-inch Touch Thin + Lig...

29 March 2013
09:23 GMT

One More Exec Says People Need Time to Discover Windows 8

Several Microsoft executives have already stated that it was only a matter of time before everyone got used to Windows 8 and now it’s the turn of a Vizio official to say the same thing. Vizio is one of the companies that’s betting big on Windows 8, with several tablets and laptops running Microsoft&rsquo...

13 February 2013
17:01 GMT

CES 2013: Vizio Intros Two HD Android Phones for China

At the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Vizio made official two new smartphones with HD displays, one featuring a 4.7-inch screen, and the other packing a 5-inch panel. Both the high-end 5-inch 1080p device and the 4.7-inch 720p smartphone come with dual-SIM capabilities, and both are running under stoc...

7 January 2013
14:11 GMT

CES 2013: Vizio Intros a Series of 4K UHDTVs

Vizio is proving particularly tight-lipped about its new products, even though they are all on display the CES 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada. First, the company made sure not to reveal everything about the 10-inch Tegra 4 tablet. Now, we find that Vizio has prepared a series of high-end UHDTVs (TVs with 4K resolution, ...

7 January 2013
10:13 GMT

CES 2013: Vizio Unveils 1080p Tablet with Windows 8 Pro

This year’s CES comes with some pretty interesting Windows 8 devices, including Vizio’s first tablet ever running Microsoft’s new operating system. And no, we’re not talking about the utterly limited Windows RT, but about the full-featured Windows 8 that boasts support for legacy apps and so ...

7 January 2013
09:54 GMT

CES 2013: Vizio's Tegra 4 10-Inch Android 4.2 Jelly Bean Tablet

NVIDIA's Tegra 4 Wayne SoC is already showing up in tablets. Having been released earlier today, in anticipation of CES 2013, the ARM-based chip with 4K-capable integrated graphics has been chosen by Vizio. The next few months are bound to be filled with announcements about new tablets powered by NVIDIA's...

7 January 2013
09:22 GMT

60-Inch TVs Are Vizio's New Focus

2013 is almost here, which means that all IT companies have to get into their newest schedules and enact their plans. Display developer VIZIO is determined to play an aggressive hand on the market for large displays, particularly HDTVs. According to Digitimes, 60-inch panels are something the company is paying a ...

13 December 2012
10:40 GMT

Unique, Bloatware-Free Windows 8 All-in-One PCs Revealed by Vizio

If there weren't any new laptops or desktop / All-in-One PCs for us to write about, so near the launch of Microsoft's new OS, we would be worried that the brief fuss over alleged bugs was more serious, but it so happens that there are plenty of systems on the way. After being flabbergasted by Lenovo on th...

11 October 2012
08:35 GMT

Vizio Readies 55- to 70-Inch HDTVs for the Winter Holidays

First and foremost, Vizio is a maker of TVs, so, naturally, it isn't about to let much time pass without releasing some new HDTVs, especially with the winter holidays coming up. Sure, the company entered the PC market this past summer, launched thin and light notebooks, all-in-one systems and a Full HD 15.6-in...

2 October 2012
15:01 GMT

Rare Full HD 15.6-Inch Ultrabook Up for Sale

We didn't think it would be this hard to find an ultrabook whose display had Full HD resolution (1,920 x 1,080 pixels) instead of HD (1,366 x 768), but here we are. As the folks at Maximum PC noticed, Vizio's Thin + Light laptop is one of the very few ultrabooks with Full HD liquid crystal displays. Eve...

1 August 2012
06:08 GMT

Vizio Marks Entrance on PC Market with Thin+Light Notebooks

Since we've already covered the Vizio All-in-One personal computer, we can now take a close look at the Vizio notebook and the Vizio Thin+Light. The company chose such simple names for its creations because this is the first time it makes computers. Previously, it had only made TVs, tablets and monitors. The...

15 June 2012
08:54 GMT

Vizio Enters PC Market, Launches All-in-One Systems

Vizio has officially launched its first collection of personal computers, some of which perfectly fit the concept of all-in-one PC. Measuring either 24 inches or 27 inches in diagonal, the VIZIO All-in-One systems (that's what they are called, no weird monikers yet) would be regular Ivy Bridge-powered AiOs if t...

15 June 2012
08:29 GMT

Vizio Is Entering the PC Market

We wrote about many Vizio products, but none of them have been PCs, and this will change this month (June, 2012), as the TV maker broadens the scope of its operations. The company decided to make some laptops and all-in-one computers. Design-wise, they resemble Apple's Macs and Macbooks somewhat, but that is...

2 June 2012
06:16 GMT

Vizio Wants $3,499 / 2,663 Euro for 21:9 CinemaWide 3D TV of 58 Inches

It wasn't long ago that Vizio first unveiled its massive series of CinemaWide TVs and, now, it looks like the time when sales begin is drawing closer and closer. Vizio was present at this year's edition of the Consumer Electronics Show, CES 2012, so it put a few things on display in Las Vegas, Nevada. On...

2 February 2012
08:19 GMT

CES 2012: VIZIO Announces CinemaWide TVs with 21:9 Aspect Ratio

VIZIO has a variety of things on display at CES 2012, monitors and TVs taking up much of its exhibition. It appears that the company has even done something a bit unusual, namely build a number of LCD HDTV sets with the 21:9 aspect ratio. That's the same ratio that cinema screens have. VIZIO aptly named the p...

10 January 2012
11:31 GMT

CES 2012: Vizio Outs Google TV Set-Top Box and Blu-ray Player

Google already let us know that Vizio is preparing a couple of Google TV devices for this year’s CES, and as expected, these have popped at the Las Vegas fair. The devices in question are the Vizio VAP430 set-top box and a VBR430 Blu-ray player, both running the Vizio Internet Apps Plus UI on top of Google&rsq...

10 January 2012
10:09 GMT

Microsoft Wants Kinect in All TVs

Microsoft's Kinect motion tracking technology got a few games to its name, but nothing too fancy, though that doesn't seem to be stopping the company from shoving it forward. Then again, 'into' may be a better word than 'forward' in this case, since Microsoft wants to put Kinect into T...

24 November 2011
05:28 GMT

VIZIO M-Series Theater 3D TVs Have Cheap Passive Glasses

VIZIO decided to break apart from the fold and, instead of developing some new, expensive 3D TV that needs special glasses, made a whole series of sets that work with passive glasses like the ones used at cinemas.The M-Series Theater 3D TVs that VIZIO just formally launched are free of the great pitfall of modern 3D...

17 November 2011
10:53 GMT

Vizio 8'' Tablet Gets VIA Plus 1.2 Software Update

Although Vizio is not focusing its production on the Android smartphone and tablet market, the company recently released its first Android product, the VIZIO 8” Tablet.However, the tablet runs an older version of Android instead of the latest Honeycomb platform, which has yet to make its debut on smaller touchs...

7 September 2011
15:01 GMT

Hulu Plus Now on VIZIO's 8" Android Tablet

The Hulu Plus streaming service is now available on even more Android-based devices than before, as it has just added support for the new VIZIO 8" Tablet with WiFi. The mobile application will offer users of the VIZIO 8" Tablet the possibility to access an extensive library of TV and film content from a wide rang...

25 August 2011
15:11 GMT

Vuzix 3D Glasses Display Their Own Images

3D glasses usually carry out the relatively simple task of synchronizing two sets of images relayed by a display, but Vuzix deals in something more than that, namely eyewear with built-in display capabilities.The 3D display mode has advanced substantially this year, with models even experimenting with glasses-free d...

13 August 2011
05:48 GMT

8-Inch Vizio Tablet Sells for Under $300

Though tablets have been making the news constantly this year, there seems to never be a shortage of newer reports and announcements, such as the one that Vizio made a short time ago.In a market where tablets have a common price of around $500, Vizio decided to send on which sells for substantially less.Granted, it ...

9 August 2011
04:26 GMT

VIZIO 8-inch Tablet with Wi-Fi Up for Pre-order for $400

Unveiled earlier this year during the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show, VIZIO's 8-inch tablet is now available for pre-order via manufacturer's online store. Although the tablet is priced a bit higher than it was initially expected VIZIO tablet is still one the cheapest Gingerbread tablets that will soon b...

4 July 2011
08:38 GMT

VIZIO E, M and XVT 3DTVs Formally Launched

Looks like VIZIO figured this was a good time to unleash not one or two, or even three, but an entire collection of TVs with support for the Theater 3D technology, plus other features, all in a wide variety of screen sizes.Since this is the IT industry, new things, naturally, come out all the time, and even though t...

23 June 2011
09:22 GMT

$349 Vizio Tablet Gets Tested Again, Impresses

It appears that certain, older tablets, if something from January even had time to grow old, haven't all died without ever making something of themselves, as shown by a certain Vizio product.It really looks like there is no end to all the news, reports and rumors surrounding the tablet market, not that there is...

22 June 2011
09:09 GMT

Samsung Leads US LCD TV Market in 2011 but Loses Q4 to VIZIO

With the eagerness that Samsung displayed recently, by unleashing various TVs, it isn't that surprising to hear that it ended up as the major LCD TV supplier in 2010, although, true enough, it didn't stay on top during the fourth quarter.Whoever ends up on top of a certain market segment for a long enough ...

17 March 2011
08:39 GMT

Vizio Unleashes Cinema HDTV Ultra-Widescreen Full HD TV at CES 2011

Although Vizio's already revealed its full 3D HDTV lineup yesterday, that's not stopping the company from pushing out even more TV sets at this year's International CES, including here a couple of ultra-widescreen TV sets from the XVT Series that are part of the new Cinema HDTV line.What really sets th...

4 January 2011
14:51 GMT

Vizio Announces VIA Plus Ecosystem for Mobile Devices

After hinting two upcoming Android devices, Via Tablet and Via Phone, Vizio is now officially announcing its VIA Plus ecosystem, which is expected to provide consumers with a seamless connected experience. The most interesting thing about the ecosystem is the fact that it allows consumers to watch on-demand conte...

3 January 2011
09:42 GMT

Vizio Unleashes Huge Lineup of Theater 3D HDTVs at CES 2011

Although CES 2011 hasn't really started, that's not stopping the world's most important consumer electronics manufacturers from rolling out some of their coolest products ahead of schedule, the latest to do so being Vizio, who's just unleashed onto the world a huge batch of Theater 3D HDTVs that d...

3 January 2011
08:41 GMT

Vizio Via Tablet and Phone with Android Coming in Summer

LCD TV manufacturer Vizio has just announced that it is ready to take on the Android market, as the company is expected to launch a tablet and a smartphone running on Google's mobile platform. Labeled as Via Tablet and Via Phone, both Android devices are scheduled for release this summer. Vizio, as small ...

3 January 2011
04:52 GMT

VIZIO Unleashes the 65-Inch Theater 3D Razor LED HDTV

Since VIZIO is one of the best-known HDTV manufacturers in the US, it simply had to take on its South-Korean rivals from Samsung and LG and roll out a truly impressive widescreen 3D solution, which is exactly what it did with its newly-announced 65” Theater 3D Edge Lit Razor LED LCD HDTV. Called XVT3D650SV, ...

17 December 2010
02:31 GMT

OnLive and Vizio Planning to Develop Netflix Rival

Nowadays, video streaming seems to be one of the biggest business in the consumer market so it comes as no surprise the fact that more and more players want to deliver their own solutions by each passing day, latest reports suggesting cloud gaming service OnLive and HDTV maker Vizio are discussing separate deals for ...

6 December 2010
14:31 GMT

Vizio and Toshiba Said to Uncover Google TV Products at CES 2011

Although the Google TV platform has rounded up some less than positive reviews lately, some members of the press calling it a bit to geekish for its own good, that hasn't pushed manufacturers away from Google's solution, according to some sources Vizio and Toshiba planning to release Google TV enabled devic...

25 November 2010
05:03 GMT

VIZIO Secures 30% of US TV Market, Is Foremost Supplier

While Samsung, LG and Sony are proud to hold half of the worldwide LCD market, VIZIO seems to have achieved prominence as far as TV shipments are concerned, at least on the US market.Apparently, VIZIO succeeded in dominating the US TV market, outselling its closest competitor by 176,000 more TVs in north America.Thi...

23 November 2010
06:55 GMT

Unannounced 65-Inch VIZIO 3D TV Uses Passive Glasses

It appears that not all companies feel the need to deliver lengthy press releases upon the completion of so-called high-profile products, at least this is what VIZIO seems to have shown now that its 65-Inch 3D TV has shown up on its website.While cinemas are able to make do with many sets of passive polarized glasse...

20 November 2010
06:50 GMT

Vizio Black Friday 3D Bonanza Complete with Blu-ray 3D Player, Router

As we were telling you a bit earlier, US consumer electronics manufacturer Vizio has just updated its flagship product line in order to make it 3D-compatible, but such an effort involves rolling out more than just a couple of HDTVs, namely quite a few accessories on the side, such as, for example, 3D Blu-ray players....

17 November 2010
06:20 GMT

Vizio Readies XVT3SV Full HD 3D LED TVs for Black Friday, Christmas

Just about every consumer electronics' manufacturer is gearing for the Christmas shopping season as we speak, and that's also the case with US company Vizio, who's just revealed the fact that it's going to upgrade its flagship XVT3SV Series of HDTVs with some new, 3D-capable models.According to th...

17 November 2010
01:21 GMT

VIZIO XVT HDTVs Have PC Functionality and QWERTY Remotes

Even though most HDTVs stick to just the task of outputting TV broadcasts, VIZIO went all the way and gave its XVT series of large and powerful LCD HDTVs a full set of PC-like features, such as wireless connectivity, apps and even QWERTY keyboards built as part of their Bluetooth remote controls. A single TV with su...

20 August 2010
09:01 GMT

VIZIO Intros Four Full HD, Affordable LCD TVs

Although this is not exactly the best possible period for consumer electronics, it seems that the sales of HDTV sets are still pretty strong, as people tend to shift their entertainment-related habits towards their own homes, preferring to play a video game or view a rented movie on DVD rather than spend a lot of mon...

22 October 2008
01:24 GMT


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